NAACP calls out NC gov. over plan to leave black-majority district unrepresented for nearly a year

[Redfairen]

North Carolina Democrats and African-American leaders are calling on Gov. Pat McCrory (R) to schedule an earlier special election for the seat of former congressman Mel Watt (D-N.C.), who was recently confirmed as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

McCrory has said the special election for the remainder of Watt's term will be held on the regular Election Day, Nov. 4, with the winner serving until the 114th Congress is sworn in early January.

Democrats note that, since Watt resigned from the House on Jan. 6, this would leave his heavily African-American seat vacant for more than 300 days.

What we are seeing from Gov. Pat McCrory, this legislature and many of his colleagues in the right wing of the Republican Party is an extreme pattern of denial," Rev. William Barber, head of the North Carolina NAACP, said Tuesday. "This is taxation without representation."


http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/14/naacp-dems-hit-mccrory-for-lengthy-vacancy-in-heavily-black-congressional-seat/

[davidpdx]

1. The Republicans don't care about minorities

We've known that for a long time. They are going to put on a good act in the 2014 mid-terms and 2016 presidential election, but it won't work.